During the events we run into frequent issues of poor judging and often people criticize the skaters for scores they had nothing to do with. This thread is designed to call out specific judging and specific judges to which you feel are out of line and not scoring fairly or at least reasonably in a specific event.
Here is my first nomination:
Judge #6: Ms. Alison RYAN | (AUS)
Skate Canada Ladies SP
Protocol
Accused of:
Lowballing the field (except 1st place)
The Case:
Ms. Ryan actually scored Kaetlyn Osmond pretty fairly and accurately given today’s standards we see of most 1st place clean skates on the Grand Prix. What is weird is after Kaetlyn her marks drop drastically for everyone. Looking at the score sheet for 2nd and 3rd place after the SP we generally see her giving scores in the 7’s and 6’s and averaged ~1.5 to 2pts lower than what the other judges were giving and about two points in each component less than she awarded to 1st place. I think most people would agree with Kaetlyn’s numbers but should she be scored two to three points higher per component than Maria and Anna? I think this is unreasonable!
Supporting Data:
Take a look at 4th place Courtney Hicks and notice her highest mark is a 5.75 for SS and Ms. Ryan even gave her several 5.0’s in categories other judges were giving 7.5-8.5pts on. The final averaged and factored scores for Interpretation of Music,Performance and Composition scores from Ms. Ryan are ~2pts lower than the other judges were awarding.
Summary:
The bottom line is that if we were to use only Ms. Ryan’s score there would be about a 17-18pt deficit in PCS alone between Courtney Hicks and 1st place. Similar but slightly less drastic variations are noticeable between most judges and her on Anna Pogorilays scores but she really hammered Maria Sotskova in 3rd place who she didn’t award a single 7 in any component to.
Come on Ms. Ryan......you just made the list!! :furious:
Here is my first nomination:
Judge #6: Ms. Alison RYAN | (AUS)
Skate Canada Ladies SP
Protocol
Accused of:
Lowballing the field (except 1st place)
The Case:
Ms. Ryan actually scored Kaetlyn Osmond pretty fairly and accurately given today’s standards we see of most 1st place clean skates on the Grand Prix. What is weird is after Kaetlyn her marks drop drastically for everyone. Looking at the score sheet for 2nd and 3rd place after the SP we generally see her giving scores in the 7’s and 6’s and averaged ~1.5 to 2pts lower than what the other judges were giving and about two points in each component less than she awarded to 1st place. I think most people would agree with Kaetlyn’s numbers but should she be scored two to three points higher per component than Maria and Anna? I think this is unreasonable!
Supporting Data:
Take a look at 4th place Courtney Hicks and notice her highest mark is a 5.75 for SS and Ms. Ryan even gave her several 5.0’s in categories other judges were giving 7.5-8.5pts on. The final averaged and factored scores for Interpretation of Music,Performance and Composition scores from Ms. Ryan are ~2pts lower than the other judges were awarding.
Summary:
The bottom line is that if we were to use only Ms. Ryan’s score there would be about a 17-18pt deficit in PCS alone between Courtney Hicks and 1st place. Similar but slightly less drastic variations are noticeable between most judges and her on Anna Pogorilays scores but she really hammered Maria Sotskova in 3rd place who she didn’t award a single 7 in any component to.
Come on Ms. Ryan......you just made the list!! :furious:
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